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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2009.0535 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux] Apache Tomcat: Modify Arbitrary Files 11 June 2009 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: Tomcat 6.0.0 to 6.0.18 Tomcat 5.5.0 to 5.5.27 Tomcat 4.1.0 to 4.1.39 Publisher: The Apache Software Foundation Operating System: UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Windows Impact: Modify Arbitrary Files Access: Remote/Unauthenticated CVE Names: CVE-2009-0783 Original Bulletin: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html Revision History: June 11 2009: Document number changed from ESB-2009.0691 to ESB-2009.0535 June 5 2009: Initial Release - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 CVE-2009-0783: Apache Tomcat information disclosure vulnerability Severity: low Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation Versions Affected: Tomcat 6.0.0 to 6.0.18 Tomcat 5.5.0 to 5.5.27 Tomcat 4.1.0 to 4.1.39 The unsupported Tomcat 3.x, 4.0.x and 5.0.x versions may be also affected. Description: Bugs https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29936 and https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45933 allowed a web application to replace the XML parser used by Tomcat to process web.xml, context.xml and tld files. If a web application is the first web application loaded, these bugs allow that web application to potentially view and/or alter the web.xml, context.xml and tld files of other web applications deployed on the Tomcat instance. Mitigation: 6.0.x users should do one of the following: - upgrade to 6.0.20 - apply these patches - http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=739522&view=rev - http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=652592&view=rev 5.5.x users should do one of the following: - upgrade to 5.5.28 when released - apply these patches - http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=781542&view=rev - http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=681156&view=rev 4.1.x users should do one of the following: - upgrade to 4.1.40 when released - apply this patch http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=781708&view=rev Example: See https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29936#c12 for an example web application that can be used to replace the XML parser used by Tomcat. Credit: The security implications of these bugs was discovered and reported to the Apache Software Foundation by Philippe Prados. 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